Great quote about religion!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am praying that the OP grows up and gets some sense into his/her head. The original post is NOT a "Great quote about religion!"

OP sounds horribly immature and also sounds like the same person who is always antagonizing organized religion on DCUM. He/she needs to find a better outlet for this.

I believe in God but I do not push my beliefs on others and I believe anyone is free to believe whatever they want without antagonizing others.

15:09 said it best:

"As an atheist, I'd like to throw a flag on the OP for violating Phil Plaitt's "don't be a dick" rule of being an atheist.

This wasn't a "great" quote about religion, it was needless antagonism."

If there is a God, I bet he doesn't answer this prayer. There are too many other more important things going on in the world for him to attend to (not that he seems to prioritize very well).

Plus, he doesn't seem to care much about atheist influence in the world these days. It's growing all over the world, except in countries where the populace is uneducated or under restrictive fundamentalist religious rule.

Perhaps it's Gods' will that atheism is growing. Perhaps this is some kind of test for believers that you're not meant to understand, but that will only make your faith stronger (while most people's becomes weaker).

God works in mysterious ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am praying that the OP grows up and gets some sense into his/her head. The original post is NOT a "Great quote about religion!"

OP sounds horribly immature and also sounds like the same person who is always antagonizing organized religion on DCUM. He/she needs to find a better outlet for this.

I believe in God but I do not push my beliefs on others and I believe anyone is free to believe whatever they want without antagonizing others.

15:09 said it best:

"As an atheist, I'd like to throw a flag on the OP for violating Phil Plaitt's "don't be a dick" rule of being an atheist.

This wasn't a "great" quote about religion, it was needless antagonism."

Different PP here. I agree with most of this, with the exception that I think that praying for OP would be condescending because OP doesn't want our prayers. But, I agree
(1) OP seems immature and OP shares this immaturity with Ranting Atheist.
(2) Refuting OP is child's play. OP's horrible unfamiliarity with basic logic, and his fundamental silliness, make it like shooting fish in a barrel (that is, if you care about spending the time). OP shares this, too, with Ranting Atheist.
(3) OP is needlessly antagonistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If there is a God, I bet he doesn't answer this prayer. There are too many other more important things going on in the world for him to attend to (not that he seems to prioritize very well).

Plus, he doesn't seem to care much about atheist influence in the world these days. It's growing all over the world, except in countries where the populace is uneducated or under restrictive fundamentalist religious rule.

Perhaps it's Gods' will that atheism is growing. Perhaps this is some kind of test for believers that you're not meant to understand, but that will only make your faith stronger (while most people's becomes weaker).

God works in mysterious ways.

I feel like belief should have a component of questioning. I'm glad we're seeing an end to the days when people passively accept what their priest/minister/rabbi/mufti tells them. If what we're seeing is the result of increased examination of belief, an examination that is serious and honest, then I'm all for it. Some people will ask questions and never return to belief, others will ask questions and come to answers that satisfy them. So be it.

Signed, a Christian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

That is all.

Since there is no God. You have no soul and are worth less than a pile of crap ( which doesn't consume resources or waste time with blathering opinions).

Np. You're exactly right. I'm not a special snowflake with a bff adonis watching over me every nanosecond of my life. And neither are you. All we can do, is help people in this life. And then we're mulch. Very few of us are significant in the long term human imprint. I can accept that humble reality.

Who said "special"? You are a soulless mass of matter that leaves a mess. Fecal, urinal and otherwise. Wasting time , energy and resources spewing a silly belief system of " human footprint " . You have no value in the universe. It is technically and in the scheme of the universe absolutely of no moral or immoral consequence if another soulless entity believed that murdering you is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am praying that the OP grows up and gets some sense into his/her head. The original post is NOT a "Great quote about religion!"

OP sounds horribly immature and also sounds like the same person who is always antagonizing organized religion on DCUM. He/she needs to find a better outlet for this.

I believe in God but I do not push my beliefs on others and I believe anyone is free to believe whatever they want without antagonizing others.

15:09 said it best:

"As an atheist, I'd like to throw a flag on the OP for violating Phil Plaitt's "don't be a dick" rule of being an atheist.

This wasn't a "great" quote about religion, it was needless antagonism."

Different PP here. I agree with most of this, with the exception that I think that praying for OP would be condescending because OP doesn't want our prayers. But, I agree
(1) OP seems immature and OP shares this immaturity with Ranting Atheist.
(2) Refuting OP is child's play. OP's horrible unfamiliarity with basic logic, and his fundamental silliness, make it like shooting fish in a barrel (that is, if you care about spending the time). OP shares this, too, with Ranting Atheist.
(3) OP is needlessly antagonistic.

Wow - you're bringing out the big guns against someone who made a brief, accurate statement. pretty threatening, eh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am praying that the OP grows up and gets some sense into his/her head. The original post is NOT a "Great quote about religion!"

OP sounds horribly immature and also sounds like the same person who is always antagonizing organized religion on DCUM. He/she needs to find a better outlet for this.

I believe in God but I do not push my beliefs on others and I believe anyone is free to believe whatever they want without antagonizing others.

15:09 said it best:

"As an atheist, I'd like to throw a flag on the OP for violating Phil Plaitt's "don't be a dick" rule of being an atheist.

This wasn't a "great" quote about religion, it was needless antagonism."

Different PP here. I agree with most of this, with the exception that I think that praying for OP would be condescending because OP doesn't want our prayers. But, I agree
(1) OP seems immature and OP shares this immaturity with Ranting Atheist.
(2) Refuting OP is child's play. OP's horrible unfamiliarity with basic logic, and his fundamental silliness, make it like shooting fish in a barrel (that is, if you care about spending the time). OP shares this, too, with Ranting Atheist.
(3) OP is needlessly antagonistic.

Wow - you're bringing out the big guns against someone who made a brief, accurate statement. pretty threatening, eh?

Wow, you're a shameless sock puppet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If there is a God, I bet he doesn't answer this prayer. There are too many other more important things going on in the world for him to attend to (not that he seems to prioritize very well).

Plus, he doesn't seem to care much about atheist influence in the world these days. It's growing all over the world, except in countries where the populace is uneducated or under restrictive fundamentalist religious rule.

Perhaps it's Gods' will that atheism is growing. Perhaps this is some kind of test for believers that you're not meant to understand, but that will only make your faith stronger (while most people's becomes weaker).

God works in mysterious ways.

I feel like belief should have a component of questioning. I'm glad we're seeing an end to the days when people passively accept what their priest/minister/rabbi/mufti tells them. If what we're seeing is the result of increased examination of belief, an examination that is serious and honest, then I'm all for it. Some people will ask questions and never return to belief, others will ask questions and come to answers that satisfy them. So be it.

Signed, a Christian

I agree,

Signed, an atheist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

That is all.

Since there is no God. You have no soul and are worth less than a pile of crap ( which doesn't consume resources or waste time with blathering opinions).

Np. You're exactly right. I'm not a special snowflake with a bff adonis watching over me every nanosecond of my life. And neither are you. All we can do, is help people in this life. And then we're mulch. Very few of us are significant in the long term human imprint. I can accept that humble reality.

Who said "special"? You are a soulless mass of matter that leaves a mess. Fecal, urinal and otherwise. Wasting time , energy and resources spewing a silly belief system of " human footprint " . You have no value in the universe. It is technically and in the scheme of the universe absolutely of no moral or immoral consequence if another soulless entity believed that murdering you is good.

This seems "needlessly antagonistic."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

That is all.

Since there is no God. You have no soul and are worth less than a pile of crap ( which doesn't consume resources or waste time with blathering opinions).

Np. You're exactly right. I'm not a special snowflake with a bff adonis watching over me every nanosecond of my life. And neither are you. All we can do, is help people in this life. And then we're mulch. Very few of us are significant in the long term human imprint. I can accept that humble reality.

Who said "special"? You are a soulless mass of matter that leaves a mess. Fecal, urinal and otherwise. Wasting time , energy and resources spewing a silly belief system of " human footprint " . You have no value in the universe. It is technically and in the scheme of the universe absolutely of no moral or immoral consequence if another soulless entity believed that murdering you is good.

This seems "needlessly antagonistic."

American's are taught to respect other people's religious beliefs, no matter how different they are from our beliefs and no matter how weird they seem. That's good.

What is not good is that we are not taught to respect people who do not have religious beliefs. In fact, many implicitly or explicitly are taught not to respect people who do not hold religious beliefs. We're taught that they are lacking because they don't believe in anything, when in fact they simply lack belief in the supernatural for which there is no evidence in nature.

What you see above is the result of the attitude that it's better to believe in something - anything - supernatural than it is to keep one's knowledge claims within the natural world .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

That is all.

Since there is no God. You have no soul and are worth less than a pile of crap ( which doesn't consume resources or waste time with blathering opinions).

Np. You're exactly right. I'm not a special snowflake with a bff adonis watching over me every nanosecond of my life. And neither are you. All we can do, is help people in this life. And then we're mulch. Very few of us are significant in the long term human imprint. I can accept that humble reality.

Who said "special"? You are a soulless mass of matter that leaves a mess. Fecal, urinal and otherwise. Wasting time , energy and resources spewing a silly belief system of " human footprint " . You have no value in the universe. It is technically and in the scheme of the universe absolutely of no moral or immoral consequence if another soulless entity believed that murdering you is good.

This seems "needlessly antagonistic."

American's are taught to respect other people's religious beliefs, no matter how different they are from our beliefs and no matter how weird they seem. That's good.

What is not good is that we are not taught to respect people who do not have religious beliefs. In fact, many implicitly or explicitly are taught not to respect people who do not hold religious beliefs. We're taught that they are lacking because they don't believe in anything, when in fact they simply lack belief in the supernatural for which there is no evidence in nature.

What you see above is the result of the attitude that it's better to believe in something - anything - supernatural than it is to keep one's knowledge claims within the natural world .

I was with you... until you veered into left field when you turned somebody's minor comment ("needlessly antagonistic") into the object of your full-blown diatribe against American attitudes towards atheism. You're reaching, to say the least. And it looks like you're trying to pick a fight, almost, dare I say it ... needlessly antagonistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

That is all.

Since there is no God. You have no soul and are worth less than a pile of crap ( which doesn't consume resources or waste time with blathering opinions).

Np. You're exactly right. I'm not a special snowflake with a bff adonis watching over me every nanosecond of my life. And neither are you. All we can do, is help people in this life. And then we're mulch. Very few of us are significant in the long term human imprint. I can accept that humble reality.

Who said "special"? You are a soulless mass of matter that leaves a mess. Fecal, urinal and otherwise. Wasting time , energy and resources spewing a silly belief system of " human footprint " . You have no value in the universe. It is technically and in the scheme of the universe absolutely of no moral or immoral consequence if another soulless entity believed that murdering you is good.

This seems "needlessly antagonistic."

American's are taught to respect other people's religious beliefs, no matter how different they are from our beliefs and no matter how weird they seem. That's good.

What is not good is that we are not taught to respect people who do not have religious beliefs. In fact, many implicitly or explicitly are taught not to respect people who do not hold religious beliefs. We're taught that they are lacking because they don't believe in anything, when in fact they simply lack belief in the supernatural for which there is no evidence in nature.

What you see above is the result of the attitude that it's better to believe in something - anything - supernatural than it is to keep one's knowledge claims within the natural world .

I was with you... until you veered into left field when you turned somebody's minor comment ("needlessly antagonistic") into the object of your full-blown diatribe against American attitudes towards atheism. You're reaching, to say the least. And it looks like you're trying to pick a fight, almost, dare I say it ... needlessly antagonistic.

FYI - I am the writer of both "needlessly antagonistic" and "Americans are taught..." and was commenting on the "Fecal, urinal" poster. Not trying to pick a fight and instead was offering an explanation for why people don't offer the same understanding to non-believers in the supernatural that they offer to believers in various supernatural-based religions.

They simply aren't taught to. That can change. Think about how attitudes about gay marriage has changed.